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Ruling
regarding searching for the new moon
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this fatwa to: www.fatwa-online.com, thankyou!*
Question: Are
all the Muslims sinful if none of them tried to see (look
out for) the new moon of the beginning and ending of Ramadhaan?
Response:
Trying to see (look out for) the new moon, whether it is the
new moon of Ramadhaan
or Shawwaal,
is a well-known issue during the time of the companions. This
is based on the statement of Ibn 'Umar (radhi-yallaahu
'anhumaa):
((The people were looking for the
new moon, so I informed the Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) that I had seen it, and he ordered
the people to fast according to it)).
And
there is no doubt that the characteristics of the companions
are more perfect and complete.
Shaykh
Ibn 'Uthaymeen
Fataawa Ramadhaan - Volume 1, Page 59, Fatwa No. 25;
Fiqh al-'Ibaadaat - Page 172
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